I heard a Rumor about a Spaceboy..

This was my week to pick the theme for Metrosketchual, the sketch blog comprised of local DFW artists. I chose Dark Horse Comics' The Umbrella Academy, by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba.

I'd always heard good things about the series, but only recently checked it for myself. I tore through both volumes--and they're some of my favorite comics in recent memory.

So, I chose to draw two members of the Academy--the Rumor & Spaceboy. I love Spaceboy's look--a guy transplanted into the body of a gorilla--how could that not be cool? And since I'd already drawn the White Violin once before, [link] I wanted to try a rendition of the Rumor.

I highly recommend this series--I can't wait to read more Umbrella Academy comics!

X-23 & Existence 3.0

Here's a couple of new things. First, an X-23 commission. The buyer wanted her to resemble her appearance in NYX instead of her current X-force look.

And secondly, a page from Existence 3.0 #3, which came out this week from Image/Shadowline. I drew half this issue, and I apologize in advance for the jarring artistic transition between Ron Salas and I. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with my work on the series. I did it in a slightly different style to my normal look--with heavier inks and more attention to shadows.

Latest Commissions

Here are some commissions I recently finished. I'm really crunching for time this week, so I haven't been able to post much art. I'm in the home stretch of Existence 3.0--just a couple of pages left!

The Crow

this is my entry for this week's Metrosketchual blog, this week's theme being the Crow.

I grew up on Marvel & DC, so I missed the Crow in his heyday. But, I was a fan of the original film with the late Brandon Lee, and I always dug the general dark style of the character. I wanted to go a lot looser with this drawing than I normally do (been reading a lot of comics by Sean Gordon Murphy & John Buscema), so this was a fun one to do!

Check Metrosketchual out!

Star Blazers

commission of Star Blazers (aka Space Battleship Yamato), an old anime from the '70s. this was fun to do, as I'm a big fan of Leiji Matsumoto's work(Galaxy Express 999 is one of my all time favorite animes).

Juri vs. Ken

this was my submission this week for the Metrosketchual blog. This week's theme was Street Fighter, courtesy Marshall Wilson.

I decided to take a shot at one of the new Super Street Fighter IV characters--Juri Han. I liked her design, so here's a shot of her whooping Ken's ass. Didn't get a chance to color this as I'd originally wished, on account of my workload, so I threw down some quick halftones.

Marrow

this is a warmup sketch suggestion from way back, from someone on deviantart. i finally got around to it!

this is Marrow, who was a prominent member of the X-men in the late '90s. I wasn't a fan of hers back then, but she was actually fun to draw! One thing I do remember about her is she started out really grotesque and as time went by, Joe Mad drew her prettier and prettier. haha No idea what her status is in the books these days!